THE LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT, 1954 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Lushai Hills District to be known as Mizo District. 
3.  Amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. 
4.  Reference to Lushai Hills District to be construed as reference to Mizo District. 
 
 
 
THE LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT, 1954

ACT NO. 18 OF 1954

[29th April, 1954.]

An Act to change the name of the Lushai Hills District.

BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.—(1)  This Act may be called the  Lushai  Hills District (Change 
of Name) Act, 1954.

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 
Official Gazette, appoint. 

 2. Lushai Hills District to be known as Mizo District.—The tribal area in Assam now known as 
the Lushai Hills District shall, as from the commencement of this Act, be known as the Mizo District. 

3.  Amendment  of  the  Sixth  Schedule  to  the  Constitution.—In  the  Sixth  Schedule  to  the 
Constitution , in paragraph 20,—

(a) after sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted namely:—

“(2A)  The  Mizo  District  shall  comprise  the  area  which  at  the  commencement  of  this 
Constitution was known as the Lushai Hills District.”; 

(b)  in sub-paragraph (3), after the words “United Khasi Jaintia Hills District” the words “and the  
Mizo  District” shall be inserted; and 

(c)  in  Part  A  of  the  table,  for  the  words  “The  Lushai  Hills  District”,  the  words  “The  Mizo 
District” shall be substituted. 

4.  Reference  to  Lushai  Hills  District  to  be  construed  as  reference  to  Mizo  District.—Any  
reference to the Lushai Hills District in any law, instrument or other document shall, unless the context 
otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the Mizo District.